Hi Cyber-junkie, I did notice I felt good when I drank the real aloe. It was so bitter that I added lemon juice to counter the flavor but honestly, it is a hassle to prepare it. I don't know how these companies keep their aloe effective if what grandmaflorist said about aloe being active for only 4 hours after being cut. Preservatives of some sort.

So you've got a friendly cricket in your ear???? Tell it to go away! I'm starting to entertain the idea there is an infection in my ear/jaw area. Nothing has helped so far but I've only tried hydrogen peroxide, DMSO and colloidal silver (topically). What are you guessing is your cause? Maybe we should start a new thread so as not to hijack this aloe thread.

It's so easy to grow aloe. (I love plants and gardening but I've only got a light-green thumb!) I've had one for years and it keeps producing baby plants which I dig up and give to others or keep in other pots so I'll always have aloe.

There are different varieties of aloe and I think some look close, my thumb is brown but might be ok for aloe as there are some at my house, planted by the previous owner and I have not killed them yet they grow these stalks out of a couple of the plants and they have like orange looking flower blossoms or something...the previous owner used to eat these as I saw him eat a few one day when we in the back yard, can someone confirm this is the aloe I want to ingest? And is it beneficial to eat these blossoms.

Mommysunshine... I would suggest that if you are using George's aloe for 6 months now and are not receiving the anticipated results that you should change your product. I am very leary of Georges' aloe, irregardless of the testimonials. It seems to be too processed. To me when using herbals the product should somewhat resemble the herb. George's aloe does not. This suggests that it is too processed as it has lost too many of the signature qualities of aloe. A study of the laws of signature is helpful to understand this.

Here's my article on aloe and I make some product recommendations. I base my recommendations on quality of product combined with reputation of the manufacturing company and cost of product. Cost because people will not use a product that they cannot afford. In this article the first product listed is what I would go with but also, crohns.net is very in sync with what works for crohns disease so the second listed is probably good too. Country Life has many years of quality products.

https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46905.asp

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